RAMADAN NUTRITION PLAN (RNP) is designed to assist you in developing a healthy nutrition plan during Ramadan.
Healthy nutrition is very important, not only in helping you to achieve good diabetes control but also in helping you to properly manage your weight especially if you are overweight or obese.
Ramadan is also the best time to create a discipline that will allow you to follow a better nutrition plan that helps in controlling your diabetes after Ramadan.
These guidelines include information about preparation before Ramadan, potential risks during fasting Ramadan and identification of the common bad eating habits. They also provide you with a complete guide to a healthy nutrition plans during Ramadan.
Priorities of Nutrition Therapy during Ramadan include
1
Ensure adequate amount of calories with balanced proportion of carbohydrate, fat and protein during the period from Iftar till Suhoor in order to prevent low blood sugar during the following fasting day.
IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY NUTRITION IN RAMADAN
2
Ensure consistent carbohydrate distribution among meals to minimize high blood sugar especially after meals.
3
Your eating plan should put in consideration any other health problems that you may have such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
The preparation of this information was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant provided by Sanofi Middle East
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